cunta

See also: cuntà and cúnta

Asturian

Verb

cunta

  1. inflection of cuntar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman conte and Old French comte (count), from Latin comes (companion).

Noun

cunta m (genitive singular cunta, nominative plural cuntaí)

  1. count (rank of nobility)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cunta
radical lenition eclipsis
cunta chunta gcunta

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkun.ta/
  • Rhymes: -unta
  • Hyphenation: cùn‧ta

Etymology 1

From Latin cūnctor (to hesitate).

Noun

cunta f (plural cunte)

  1. (obsolete) delay, pause
    Synonym: indugio
    • 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXXI”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory], lines 1–6; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      «O tu che se’ di là dal fiume sacro»,
      volgendo suo parlare a me per punta,
      che pur per taglio m’era paruto acro,
      ricominciò, seguendo sanza cunta,
      «dì, dì se questo è vero; a tanta accusa
      tua confession conviene esser congiunta».
      "O thou who art beyond the sacred river," turning to me the point of her discourse, that edgewise even had seemed to me so keen, she recommenced, continuing without pause, "Say, say if this be true; to such a charge, thy own confession needs must be conjoined."

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cunta

  1. inflection of cuntare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kuntǭ. Cognate with Old English *cunte (compare English cunt), Middle Dutch conte, and Swedish kunta.

Noun

cunta f

  1. female genitalia

Usage notes

Descendants

  • Middle High German: kunt

References

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish junta.

Noun

cunta (definite accusative cuntayı, plural cuntalar)

  1. junta

Further reading

  • cunta”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu